Super Mario 3D World Holds FIFA Revival | UK Boxed Charts

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is number 1 for the second consecutive week.

The Nintendo Switch exclusive dropped by 61% in sales compared to the previous week, which is a good result for a game on its second week on the map. The Wii U remaster is comfortably (so far) the best-selling new game of the year.

The FIFA 21 provided strong competition, which thanks to the recent price reduction had another boost in sales. Box sales rose 140% last week, and this week it increased a further 59%.

Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is also underway. There has been a lack of normal Switch shares in the market over the past week, with only bundle options available, of which Mario Kart was a prominent contender. The game increased by 19% in sales and moves from number 5 to number 3.

This means that Animal Crossing: New Horizons drops to number 4, the lowest position so far this year, with a 4% drop week-on-week.

Rounding out the top five is Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which has actually risen a notch despite 9% week-on-week sales.

There’s a shortage of games over the next few months, with a handful of Switch releases and not much else. Bravely Default 2 on Switch is out next week, while Monster Hunter: Rise arrives in late March. The first very big PS5 and Xbox series games of the year only land in May, with Returnal, Resident Evil: Village and Deathloop, the first notable games.

As a result, we can expect this physical retail card to be strongly impacted by price reductions and the arrival of new console stock for all three major platforms.

Here is the GfK Top Ten for the week ending February 20: